---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 71.48"
title: "42"
number: "71.48"
heading: "Carriers in intercoastal and interstate traffic."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/71.48"
---

# §71.48. Carriers in intercoastal and interstate traffic.


Carriers, on an international voyage, which are in traffic between U.S. ports, shall be subject to inspection as described in §§ [71.31](/cfr/42/71.31.md) and [71.41](/cfr/42/71.41.md) when there occurs on board, among passengers or crew, any death, or any ill person, or when illness is suspected to be caused by insanitary conditions.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 215 and 311 of Public Health Service (PHS) Act. as amended (42 U.S.C. 216, 243); secs. 361-369, PHS Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 264-272).

### Source

Source: 50 FR 1519, Jan. 11, 1985, unless otherwise noted.